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Offline ChickenHawk

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« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2005, 03:41:47 PM »
Well so far we have one it's all Bush's fault and one it's all Clinton's falut.

Polyticks aside, the foam didn't work two and a half years ago and one billion dollars later it still doesn't work.  Here's an idea. Why not develop a different insulator material.  Why not tile the whole main booster.

These things should have been retired a decade ago.  It's a shame this country put all it's eggs in one basket and didn't develop a new space vehicle.

At this rate the Chinese are going to pass us up.
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« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2005, 05:33:58 PM »
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Something I heard on Rush Limbaugh today.

Ya lost me right there.

If freon was a critical part, NASA would still use it regardless of the commercial ban. R-12 is still available and used in commercial refridgeration.
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« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2005, 06:43:42 PM »
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Ya lost me right there.


You shouldn't dispose of information just because of the source, even though...

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It seems that the first few launches used no foam at all.


...this information is wrong. During the first two shuttle missions  the ET's were painted white. NASA determined that hundreds of pounds of weight and thousands of dollars in preparation work would be saved if the ET's remained unpainted, so since #3 they have remained orange, the color of the insulating foam.
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« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2005, 06:50:40 PM »
I just hope those brave people get home OK. After that scrap the thing its had its day.
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« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2005, 06:58:59 PM »
Scrap a system because of a foam shedding problem?  I say shrink wrap the tank and fly.
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« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2005, 07:08:32 PM »
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Can they get one of those Christmas tree wrapping machines big enough to slide the fuel tank through and wrap it in plastic mesh?  ;)

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« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2005, 07:36:45 PM »
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I just hope those brave people get home OK. After that scrap the thing its had its day.


Naaa. Just need to send NASA a bottle of
THIS
 I have yet to see its equal let alone anything better.

whatever you use it on stays there. Other areas may break around it but the repair area wont. The bond is incredible.

I keep getting the feeling they keep looking for a high tech solution to a low tech problem
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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2005, 09:36:53 PM »
NASA used to be cool.  For the first missions, they used Scotchgard to protect the spaces between the tiles until they could develop an expensive replacement.
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2005, 11:00:15 PM »
Ya, i saw the pieces come off. that sucks, hope they make it back. It would suck for the astronauts and to go out n have to pick up the debris again.:(
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